Following the arrival of Tangoroa yesterday, Overseas Express enjoying at last some more favorable winds, arrived in Jolly Harbour this afternoon, much to the delight of the crew who had been finding the slow progress over the past six days very tiring.

Skipper Tor Torma explained that in one of the bigger squalls last week both their mainsail and genoa were damaged, leaving them very under canvassed when the winds turned light. " We had just seen the sky filled with lightening which despite being the middle of the night, with the frequency of the lightening it seemed like day. Thunder was booming loud over head and then suddenly the winds, in excess of 40 knots swung the boat over and whilst the crew acted quickly to reduce sails, it was too late ! We were able to continue with a reefed mainsail, but the loss of the genoa proved costly in the light winds and made the passage a three week crossing. However we had provisioned well and crew moral was kept high with good meals and plenty of wild life to enjoy. We are now looking forward to exploring the luscious island of Antigua."

Several yachts have now left Jolly Harbour to go cruising either along the Caribbean coast of the Island or in the case of Eve II to St Barts. Not keen to rest ashore the crew of Delnic joined in the local Saturday afternoon racing organised by the Jolly Harbour Yacht Club, with a course set out around the nearby Five Islands. Whilst the young crew rate their chances highly they will be well placed to beat Hugo, a local yacht owned by Hugo Bailey a regular winner on the Caribbean Regatta Circuit.

Sunday sees crews setting off to enjoy a tour around the Island courtesy of the Antigua Tourist Board, which after some sights, swimming at Turners Beach , heads down to Shirley Heights, overlooking English and Falmouth Harbour for the famous Sunday night sunset party with live music, food stalls and plenty of local rum punch !

Lady of Sea and Pendragon are due to arrive during the course of Sunday and we look forward to welcoming them to Jolly Harbour.

Tom Burton (AUS) and Alison Young (GBR) hit the right note in the Laser and Laser Radial at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as they took out the top honours and qualification spots to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final.

It was double Australian gold in the Paralympic classes. Matt Bugg (AUS) came out on top in the 2.4mR whilst London 2012 Paralympic SKUD18 gold medallists Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (AUS) were triumphant in the two person keelboat.

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

There was some fast paced action in the 49er and 49erFX Medal Races at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS) and Maia & Ragna Agerup (NOR) claimed the honours and Abu Dhabi final spots.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.

Melbourne, Australia will host the final Rio 2016 Paralympic Games qualification regatta in 2015. With just under one year until the event, the 2015 IFDS Worlds was launched at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne.

ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne kick starts the journey to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with qualification spots and top ranking points available in the Australian city.

Shawn Bennett (USA) won the Long Beach Stop of the 2015 California Dreamin' Series Sunday in this International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Grade 3 match racing regatta hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club and raced on the Long Beach Sailing Foundation's fleet of Catalina 37s.

After the limits of the southern oceans imposed by the combination of the weather systems and the safety barrier of the Antarctic Exclusion Zone, the Atlantic is opening up for the top trio of the Barcelona World Race.